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" What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime. "
Frank Abagnale
Crime
Youth
Easier
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" It's really frustrating when you're an identity-theft victim, and you go to the police and you say, 'This guy in Florida, he stole my name and got a credit card - this is his address,' and they say, 'We don't have jurisdiction in Florida. You need to go to the FBI.' "
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" If you tell me your name and date of birth, that's all I need to steal your identity. "
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" Whether you're earning $7 an hour or $700,000 a year, it's very important to protect your credit rating. "
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Year
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" You have to think a little smarter, be proactive, not reactive. "
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" I have to be honest with you: When the FBI let me out of prison early to advise the agency on preventing fraud, I wasn't a changed person. I wasn't rehabilitated. But when I started working with the FBI, one of the most ethical groups of men and women in the world, I couldn't help but have some of that character rub off on me. "
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" You fight technology with technology, so you have to stay one step ahead of the criminal. It's very much a chess game - they make a move, you have to make a move. "
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" A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father. "
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Family
Father
Good
" A real man loves and respects his wife and is not only a good father but a man that his kids want to call 'Daddy.' "
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Want
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" People say that life is short, but it isn't short. It's very long. "
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" In the old days, a con man would be good looking, suave, well dressed, well spoken and presented themselves real well. Those days are gone because it's not necessary. The people committing these crimes are doing them from hundreds of miles away. "
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People
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" It's amazing how much information we share in social media, then we wonder why people steal our identity. "
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Social Media
Amazing
" I partied in every capital in Europe, basked on all the famous beaches, and good-timed it in South America, the South Seas, the Orient, and the more palatable portions of Africa. "
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Europe
Africa
" The truth is, your identity already has been stolen. "
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Identity
Been
Your
" If I check into a hotel, a lot of times, they know who I am. "
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Who
Check
Lot
" I have never witnessed, nor will I live long enough to witness, a more simplistic crime than me stealing your identity. "
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Live
Crime
Enough
" I didn't like taking money from individuals. "
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Money
Taking
Individuals
" One thing I've found is that if you educate and show people the risk, they will do something about it. "
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Will
You
One Thing
" We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely. "
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Changes
Age
Grow
" In all the years I've taught at the FBI Academy, I've only seen crime get easier, faster, and harder to detect. "
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Seen
Years
Only
" You have to be very limited in who you give your social security number to. "
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Number
Who
You
" I spent five years of my youth in prison - some very bad prisons. "
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Prison
Years
Prisons
" I know that people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but what I did was immoral, illegal, unethical, and something that I am not proud of - nor will I ever be proud of. "
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Proud
I Am
" It is amazing the information we give away. We make it easier and easier for criminals. "
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Information
Give
Easier
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" I was a millionaire twice over and half again before I was twenty-one. I stole every nickel of it and blew the bulk of the bundle on fine threads, gourmet foods, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, fine wheels, and other sensual goodies. "
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Wheels
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Used
Hurt
" I don't use a debit card. The safest thing is a credit card because you're using the bank's money. If someone accesses your information, they are stealing the bank's money, not yours. "
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Money
" There are many ways to manipulate chip cards. For example, a number of years ago when American Express issued the first chip card, criminals would take a small hammer with a little device and bang the chip to destroy it without hurting the physical appearance of the card. "
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Cards
American
Appearance